Luxembourg, 10 November 2023 – Next week in Luxembourg, at the first event of its kind, six European research projects will join together in a series of consultations focusing on Public Involvement in dementia and brain health research, organised by Alzheimer Europe. At this unprecedented event, taking place from 14 to 16 November, 44 members...Read More
The Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft (www.fraunhofer.com) currently operates 76 institutes and research institutions throughout Germany and is the world’s leading applied research organization. Around 30 000 employees work with an annual research budget of 2.9 billion euros. Fraunhofer is one of Europe‘s largest and most well-known non-profit research organizations. Fraunhofer’s mission is to bridge academia and industry...Read More
In this spotlight on early career researchers interview we talk with Andrea del Val, neuropsychologist at the Alzheimer’s disease and other Cognitive Disorders Unit at the Hospital Clínic de Barcelona (HCB) – Fundació Clínic per la Recerca Biomèdica (FCRB). Her main mission in the ADIS project is to coordinate, plan and recruit participants that meet...Read More
In the context of the ADIS project, Alzheimer Europe (AE) in close collaboration with the Fundació Clínic per a la Recerca Biomèdica (FCRB) and the Confederación Española de Alzheimer (CEAFA), set up the ADIS advisory board (ADIS AB) at the end of 2022. The ADIS AB is composed of 5 members with Mild Cognitive Impairment due...Read More
On Thursday, 6 July 2023, the partners of the ADIS project convened for a consortium meeting to discuss the progress of their research. The meeting was divided into two parts, with the first part being held in the morning and the second part in the afternoon. The discussions centered around various topics, including project management,...Read More
On 20 June, Cristina, Kina, Pilar, García and Ricard (members of the ADIS-advisory board (ADIS-AB)), and their supporters, gathered online. The meeting was organised by Alzheimer Europe (AE), facilitated by AE Project Officers Soraya Moradi-Bachiller and Ana Diaz and was attended by neuropsychologist Andrea del Val Guardiola and neurologist Neus Falgàs (Fundació Clínic per a...Read More
In this spotlight on early career researchers interview we talk with Sarah Hücker, PostDoc at the Fraunhofer ITEM-R Division Personalized Tumor Therapy in Regensburg, Germany. She develops and automates methods that allow the sequencing of different nucleic acids (DNA, mRNA, miRNA, etc.) of single cells. Could you tell us about your career to date I...Read More
On 25 April, members of the ADIS Advisory Board gathered online for a consultation on the value of being informed of having Alzheimer’s disease in the stage of Mild Cognitive Impairment. The meeting was facilitated by Project Officers Soraya Moradi-Bachiller and Ana Diaz (Alzheimer Europe), and attended by the neuropsychologist Andrea del Val Guardiola (Fundació...Read More
In this spotlight on early career researchers interview we talk with Sophia Krix, a PhD student in Computational Life Sciences at the University of Bonn, Germany. She comes from the field of neurobiology and now tackles biomedical questions with the help of artificial intelligence as part of her PhD at the Fraunhofer Institute for Algorithms...Read More
On 7 March, the members of the European Working Group of People with Dementia (EWGPWD) – who are part of the ADIS Advisory Board – attended an online consultation in the context of the ADIS project. The consultation was facilitated by Soraya Moradi-Bachiller (Project Officer), Dianne Gove (Director for Projects), Ana Diaz (Project Officer), and...Read More
